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trunks. I was amused, therefore, to find them desir- 

 ous of these unclean carcases for their own consump- 

 tion, when they understood that otherwise they would 

 not be required. Numbers of deer were visible on 

 the way home, but all of them took alarm when yet 

 half a mile distant at the sight of the grey horse, 

 excepting a small band of three, which I viewed 

 before they were conscious of any danger. A slight 

 undulation in the sand allowed me to get within two 

 hundred yards of them, and a fortunate shot brought 

 down another fine male chincahra. 



